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Black Women in White: Racial Conflict and Cooperation in the Nursing Profession, 1890-1950 (Blacks in the Diaspora) Kindle Edition

by Darlene Clark Hine (Author, Editor), John McCluskey (Editor), David Barry Gaspar (Editor) Format: Kindle Edition
4.7 out of 5 stars 14 ratings

" . . . pioneering. . . . This history, as Hine vividly depicts it, sheds light on the development of African-American professionals and offers as well the opportunity to analyze the intersection of race and gender." —The Nation

" . . . well-researched and innovative . . . Highly recommended." —Library Journal

"The book is full of poignant and sympathetic portraits of black nurses in their dedication and idealism, in their pain and anger at the relentless contempt of white nurses and in their deep concern for their community's health needs. . . . Hine has brilliantly fulfilled an aim other historians have neglected . . . " —The Women's Review of Books

"This well-researched book adds breadth and depth to the existing literature on the educational and professional history of black nurses, including the development of black hospitals and training schools in the US. . . . Highly recommended." —Choice

" . . . an important book not only because it is a serious effort to analyze nursing history in the context of American racism but also because it offers a vantage point on the experiences of black women at work." —Medical Humanities Review

"Darlene Clark Hine has written a thoughtful analysis of the struggles of African Americans striving for professional status and recognition. . . . an illuminating study of the interaction of race and gender in the construction of a professional identity." —The Journal of American History

This pathbreaking study analyzes the impact of racism on the development of the nursing profession, particularly on black women in the profession, during the first half of this century. Hine uncovers shameful episodes in nursing history and probes the nature and extent of racial conflict and cooperation in the profession.

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  1. ISBN-13
    978-0253056955
  2. Publisher
    Indiana University Press
  3. Publication date
    July 29, 2020
  4. Language
    English
  5. File size
    7.4 MB
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This is part of a black studies series which also includes Jack M. Bloom's Class, Race, and the Civil Rights Movement ( LJ 2/1/87) and Gloria T. Hull's Color, Sex, and Poetry ( LJ 6/15/87). Here, Hine examines the professionalization of black nurses through institutional developments in hospitals, training schools, and nursing organizations. Comparing and contrasting this growth to white counterparts, she explores barriers of race and gender stereotyping. This well-researched and innovative historical study is an essential addition to North American medical history collections. Highly recommended.
- Mary Hemmings, Health Sciences Lib., McGill Univ., Montreal
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08WRLHL3C
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Indiana University Press (July 29, 2020)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 29, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 7.4 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 280 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 out of 5 stars 14 ratings

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  • W Boudville
    4.0 out of 5 stars uncomfortable intersection of racism and sexism
    Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2006
    Hine tells an uncomfortable story of an era of pervasive racism and sexism. It deals with the intersection of race and gender expectations in the nursing profession of the US, up till 1950. In many countries, nursing was a predominently female occupation, and it had to struggle for level of responsibility and recognition, against a male medical profession.

    But in the US, there was an overlay of race. Negro women also entered the profession. Or at least tried to. Hine describes how the white female nursing associations responded, by imposing racist exclusionary requirements. In part to try and garner some "respectability" from the white male doctoral hierarchy. A pernicious choice that led to the formation of parallel Negro nursing groups. For those of you who may have heard of the Negro baseball leagues, there are clear parallels.
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